Buckle



May 20,1930. I BELLQCH 1,759,639

BUCKLE Filed llay 16, 1928 I [L mnm A'[ TORNEY Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED STATES uoimxs BELLOCH, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BUCKLE Application filed May 16, 1928. Serial No. 278,112.

The present invention relates to buckles and method of making the same and is more particularly directed toward the provision of an inexpensive form of cast buckle having an integral preformed catch cast out of the material of the buckle.

It has heretofore been common in making a cheap grade of buckle for the millinery trade and the like to cast the buckle out of low melting point metal in metal moulds. To provide the pin and catch for these buckles it has heretofore been customary to cast in a long and short pin to provide the .pin and catch res ectively. These were bent to shape and invo Ved considerable labor and waste together with details of construction of the new form buckle, and also a fragment of a typical form of mould which may be used in making the buckle.

In these drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the previous form of buckle;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the new form of buckle showing the integral catch;

Figures 4 and 5 are fragmentary sectional views on the lines 44 and 55 of Figure 3, respectively; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view through a form of mould.

It has heretofore been common practice to manufacture buckles such as shown in Figures 1 and 2. According to this form of construction, the buckle body is cast in metal moulds. These moulds have facilities for supporting a longpin 11 and a short pin 12. These pins are ordinary steel or wire pins 50 held in the moulds so that the head of the pin is covered by the cast metal. The short pin 12 was cut and bent as indicated at 12 in Figure 2 while the longer pin was bent over as indicated in Figure 3 that it could be passed through fabric and sprung under the hook 12*. This form of buckle, however, involves considerable hand labor in cutting off and forming the short pin formin the hook. This hook is likely to become loose, twist out of place, or lost.

According to the form of construction, however, shown in Figures 3- to 6, inclusive, the buckle body 20 is provided with an integral cast catch 21. This catch is formed as a part of the casting by employing moulds such as indicated in Figure 6. This mould 22 is used for the face of the buckle and provides the ornamental surface for the buckle. Two mould parts 23 and 24 are emplo ed for the back side of the buckle. The mou (1 part 24 is cut away so as to form the hook 21. The casting may have a parting line indicated at 25 in dotted lines in Figure 3, this line being substantially coincident with the meeting faces of the two upper dies 23 and 24, Fig. 6.

When casting buckles of this type the long pin 11 is employed as before, then the hook is cast in the moulds and becomes an integral preformed part accurately placed and unlikely to break or be injured. One is able to use a hard casting metal which is sulficiently rigid to provide a satisfactory catch. The catch is finished when the article is taken out of the moulds except for the removal of the slight fin which may appear on the parting line. This form of construction has been found to possess considerable advantage over the former construction in that a stronger and more serviceable buckle is produced at considerable saving of labor-and cost of manufacture.

It will of course be understood that the shape and sizes of the buckles may be varied widely, and thatvarious shapes of catches may be used, as conditions dictate.

What is claimed is:

An ornamental buckle or the like comprising a body portion of cast metal, a pin of.

flexible wire, and a hook, the book being of cast metal integral with the body of the buckle and the butt end of the pin being embedded in the body of the buckle opposite the hook, and bent toward the hook, the flexible wire of the pin allowing for this bending, and acting as 5 a, spring for iving a springy movement to the pin 1n app ying and releasing the buckle. I

MORRIS BELLOCH. 

